Date: 10 Nov 1998 18:28:09 -0600 From: Joel Ray Holveck <joelh@gnu.org> To: Doug Rabson <dfr@nlsystems.com> Cc: Sren Schmidt <sos@freebsd.dk>, Jacques Vidrine <n@nectar.com>, sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu, nate@mt.sri.com, kkennawa@physics.adelaide.edu.au, dnelson@emsphone.com, rivers@dignus.com, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: linux software installation and uname Message-ID: <86k913hy3q.fsf@detlev.UUCP> In-Reply-To: Doug Rabson's message of "Tue, 10 Nov 1998 21:50:36 %2B0000 (GMT)" References: <Pine.BSF.4.01.9811102149260.359-100000@herring.nlsystems.com>
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>>> Why would we not put a real linux uname(1) in /compat/linux/usr/bin? >>> This is an emulation issue. Why impact the BSD userland sources? >> Hear hear!! > I imagine that the install script is run by /bin/sh, not > /compat/linux/bin/sh so it will get the regular /usr/bin/uname > whatever is present in /compat/linux/usr/bin. I have yet to hear of any solutions that don't require a hack to the install procedure (eg, setting an environment variable). Unless somebody comes up with an idea that would magically detect what environment a given script wants, I would recommend putting a Linux uname in /copmat/linux where it belongs, and the install procedure's PATH can have /compat/linux ahead of /. This is easy to implement, keeps the core of FreeBSD pure, and paves the way for future similarities. Happy hacking, joelh -- Joel Ray Holveck - joelh@gnu.org Fourth law of programming: Anything that can go wrong wi sendmail: segmentation violation - core dumped To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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